Simulate the Job
To ensure employees transfer the adequate knowledge and skills from the learning activity to the job, the learning situation should simulate the actual job as closely as possible.
The learning situation should simulate the actual job.
You may want to arrange the objectives and activities in a sequence which corresponds to the order in which the tasks are to be performed on the job, if a specific process is to be learned. For instance, if an employee must learn the beginning processes of using a machine, the sequence might be:
- Check that the power source is connected.
- Ensure the safety devices are in place and are operative.
- Know when and how to throw the switch; and so on.
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4-2 To ensure employees transfer adequate knowledge and skills from the learning activity to the job, the learning situation should _____.
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